Desktop Tips

Tip #662

March 3, 2025

If you’re a fan of using Vivaldi with your keyboard, you’re probably familiar with Ctrl/⌘ + L and Ctrl/⌘ + C shortcuts for copying the link of the web page you have open in the active tab. By using Command Chains, you can merge them into a single shortcut.

To create a chain for copying page links:

1. Go to Settings > Quick Commands  > Command Chains.
2. Add a new chain with the following commands.
   • Focus Address Field
   • Delay (1000)
   • Copy
3. Go to Settings > Keyboard > Chains.
4. Find your new chain and give it a new keyboard shortcut.

In addition, you can create a Mouse Gesture for the command, trigger it via Quick Commands, and add a button to the browser’s toolbars.

Tip #661

February 28, 2025

When it’s your first time using a Private Window in Vivaldi, it’s good to be educated about what it actually entails. In Vivaldi, browsing in a Private Window means that searches, sites visited, cookies, and temporary files won’t be stored by Vivaldi. It does not encrypt or otherwise modify your connection.

That’s why you’ll see an introduction whenever you open a new Private Window. If you regularly browse in Private Windows, this information is already known to you. That’s why you can hide it and display your preferred New Tab Page, such as Speed Dials or the Dashboard instead.

To hide the introduction:

Option 1

1. Open a new Private Window.
2. Tick the box “Do Not Show Introduction Again”.

Option 2

1. Go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Private Windows.
2. Disable “Show Introduction”.

Tip #659

February 26, 2025

By default, when you click on a contact in the Contacts Panel, it will open Vivaldi Mail with all mail correspondence between the two of you. If you’d rather start composing a new email message to them, there’s a quick setting change you need to do.

To change your preference:

1. Go to Settings > Panel > Contacts Panel > Default Contact Action.
2. Enable “Compose New Message” instead of “View All Mail Messages”.

In Contacts Panel settings you can also choose whether your preferred action should take place after a single or double-click. You can access the other option from the right-click context menu.

Tip #658

February 25, 2025

A good starting point for a new note is selecting a snippet of text on a web page and turning it into a note by right-clicking on the highlighted text and selecting “Copy to Note”. To edit and organize the new note further, you can make the Notes Panel open automatically to get to the note faster.

To make the Notes Panel open automatically:

1. Go to Settings > Panel > Notes Panel.
2. Enable “Open Panel Automatically”.

Tip #654

February 18, 2025

Everyone knows that right-clicking on elements in the browser and on web pages opens a menu with a myriad of useful options. But there’s a lesser-known option in Vivaldi that works well on Vivaldi’s toolbar buttons and in Vivaldi Mail.

To open toolbar button context menus, simply click on the button with the left mouse button and hold it down until the menu opens. Then select the option you need.

Tip #653

February 17, 2025

Keep the page content in your Tab Stacks fresh by reloading them. To do it as efficiently as possible, discover the shortcuts available in Vivaldi that allow you to reload the whole stack in one go.

• Tab Bar / Windows Panel – Right-click on the Tab Stack and select “Reload Tab Stack”.
• Quick Commands – while focusing on one of the grouped tabs, open Quick Commands, type “Reload Tab Stack” to find the command, and press “Enter”.
• Keyboard Shortcut – Go to Settings > Keyboard > Tabs to assign a shortcut for the command and use the keyboard shortcut when focusing on one of the grouped tabs.
• Mouse Gesture – Go to Settings > Mouse > Gesture mapping to create a gesture for the command and use the mouse gesture when focusing on one of the grouped tabs.
• Command Chains + Custom Icons – Create a chain with just one command in Settings > Quick Commands > Command Chains and add its button to your preferred toolbar from the Vivaldi menu > View > Customize Toolbar.

Tip #650

February 12, 2025

Duplicating a tab will make an exact copy of the tab, including its history. It’s a great way to keep the current tab as is and use the clone to keep browsing or to go back in history. But where to open the duplicated tab?

To make your choice for the duplicated tab’s location in the tab hierarchy:

1. Go to Settings > Tabs > Duplicated Tab Position.
2. Choose between:
   • Next to Original Tab, or
   • As Last Tab.

Tip #649

February 11, 2025

Just like you can group your Bookmarks and Notes into folders, you can also divide the events and tasks in your Vivaldi Calendar into separate calendars. An immaculately organized calendar is a joy to work with.

To add a new calendar:

1. Go to Settings > Calendar > Calendars.
2. Click on + “Add Calendar” at the bottom of the list of calendars.
3. If relevant, select which account you want to add the new calendar to.
4. Give the calendar a name and a color.
5. Choose whether to allow just events, tasks, or both.
6. Click “Create Calendar”.

Tip #646

February 6, 2025

You want the Dashboard to be visually pleasing, don’t you? Especially if it’s the first thing you see every time you open a new tab. One way to enhance the look of your Dashboard is to pick the most suitable background for the Widgets.

To customize the background:

1. Click on the menu button in the top right corner of the widget.
2. Select “Background Style”.
3. Choose between:
   • Solid
   • Semi-Transparent
   • Transparent
   • Custom

Tip #645

February 5, 2025

When you have Sync enabled in Vivaldi, you can view all tabs you have open in other Vivaldi instances from a button on the Tab Bar and in the Windows Panel on desktop, and from the Tab Switcher on mobile. If there’s a specific web page you’d like to access from a different device immediately, you can use the Send Tab to Device feature.

To send a tab from desktop:

1. Right-click on the tab on the Tab Bar or on an empty area on the page.
2. Select “Send to Your Devices”.
3. Choose to which synced device you want to send the tab to.

To open a received tab on desktop:

1. Click on the Synced Tabs button on the far side of the Tab Bar.
2. Click on “From [device name]: [page link]”.

To send a tab from mobile:

1. Open the Vivaldi menu > Share.
2. Select “Send to Your Devices”.
3. Choose to which synced device you want to send the tab to.

To open a received tab on mobile:

1. After sending the tab from the other device, wait for a notification.
2. Tap on the notification to open the page in a new tab.

If you don’t receive sent tabs, check that you’re logged in to Sync and that syncing is active. Also, check from your phone’s settings that Vivaldi is allowed to send you notifications.

Tip #644

February 4, 2025

This little tip is for those of you on Windows, who have enabled the Horizontal Main Menu.

To enable the Horizontal menu, go to the Vivaldi menu > View > Horizontal Main Menu or to Settings > Appearance > Menu > Menu Position.

Then whenever you want to close the window and you’re closer to the top left corner rather than the close button in the top right corner, just double-click the Vivaldi logo button to close it.

Tip #643

February 3, 2025

To manage your messages in Vivaldi Mail, you can create custom Labels and assign them to emails. To view labeled messages effortlessly, an organized list of labels in the Mail Panel certainly helps.

To change the order of labels in the Mail Panel:

1. Go to Settings > Mail > Mail Settings > Mail Label Order and Visibility.
2. Select the label that you want to move.
3. Click the arrow buttons below the list to move the label.
   Alternatively, drag and drop the labels to reorder them.